| Name | CVE-2021-44917 |
| Description | A Divide by Zero vulnerability exists in gnuplot 5.4 in the boundary3d function in graph3d.c, which could cause a Arithmetic exception and application crash. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1002539 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| gnuplot (PTS) | bullseye | 5.4.1+dfsg1-1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 5.4.4+dfsg1-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 6.0.0+dfsg1-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| gnuplot | source | bullseye | 5.4.1+dfsg1-1+deb11u1 | | | |
| gnuplot | source | (unstable) | 5.4.2+dfsg2-2 | unimportant | | 1002539 |
Notes
https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/bugs/2474/
https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/gnuplot-main/ci/8938dfc937348f1d4e7b3d6ef6d44209b1d89473/ (master)
https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/gnuplot-main/ci/acab14de21e323254507fca85f964e471258ac82/ (master)
https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/gnuplot-main/ci/4cc2a4c83bc95470caa525cda52fba683e95bbb9/ (master)
https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/gnuplot-main/ci/7285b0c578a067d8d9fe0566ccefaee131f62087/ (branch-5-4-stable)
https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/gnuplot-main/ci/bac7cf51333242999ecb66883fd6076168ec3441/ (branch-5-4-stable)
Crash in CLI tool, negligible security impact